Who Wants to Live Forever
Refusing A Final Death for Loved Ones
This is a poem and not a poem
This a song and not a song
This is a thunderous gong
This is a soft whisper in a child's ear
This is a denial of the true end for my loved ones
This is how to make forever a reality
Native Americans tell of two deaths
The physical death and
The final moment in which a name is spoken and lost forever to history
That is real death
Say these names aloud as your read
Add your own names as you go
And let history never forget our beloveds
Harlan Woosley
Lucille Woosley
JB Davis
Bessie Davis
Mina Pack
Elzie Madison
Gerald McGuffey
Michael Downey
Wayne Chelette
Andy Patton
Susie Patton
Jean McCoy
Roger Hyde
Lois Hughes
Jim Hughes
Levina Hughes
Tookie Hayslett
Mickey McKenzie
Bill Phillips
Bill Kolb
Naomi Kolb
Freeman Reece
Johnnie Rayhill
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...
...
The list need never be complete
And the lives never forgotten
About the Creator
j.d. davis
Seeker. Thinker. Melancholy. Conflicted believer. Evolving human. Bipolar being. And sometimes I use bad words.
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